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November 17, 2009

Some photos from Icons of the Desert Exhibit in NYC

Have another short video and thoughts to add when get a moment to write in detail.

It's a spectacular exhibit which runs until December 5th at New York University's Grey Art Gallery.

Take the time to sit and view all the videos displayed. If miss first part stay to start beginning. My first visit took me three hours (not enough time) to absorb the magnitude of such art. I returned again on different days to focus more on particular paintings. It's not art that you take a quick stroll and walk away. It's not Renaissance Art which leaves the uncultured with Stendhal fever. Go with your spirit. Don't bother listening too much to the students and educators say. They only know what is told to them by the powers that be. All that shows from Australia on media and what is sent to the world via Australia is a polished up look. It's sad but a common theme in many Indigenous cultures to sell their beautiful contributions and then leave them to rot. Saddens me to see all this early art work privately owned by a New York couple only to "lent" out on exhibit. It's as if they were doing a favour! These works should be returned and sent back to Australia for Ancestors and future generations to permanently guard and display as they wish.

http://www.iconsofthedesert.com/

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Filed under // Aboriginal Art Australia Australian Culture Desert Indigenous Papunya Tula

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September 25, 2009

New York City 22nd High School Reunion, 40th Birthday and hoping I'll find my shoes after bar hopping with the Irish

Going to be busy as usual in New York City. Have many people to meet and places to go...all over the place. Luckily transport is a snap and characters on board make for great entertainment.

Here's a few things of what's on my short agenda:

Sunday visiting my best friend and her three gorgeous children in Lido Beach on Long Island. Takes me about 1 hour from Manhattan to get there. I love chillin' out on board Long Island Railroad watching those who act wacky in Manhattan suddenly become well behaved exit Jamaica, Queens station ;-P

22nd High School Reunion. Going to be at my high school in Manhattan a block away from my Mom's apartment. After will go out bar hopping with my childhood classmate friend. Last time we did that I ended up walking home without shoes in sub zero weather. Hate when that happens!

Meeting for first time with his wife a "Web 2.0" long time contact. Giving them a native New Yorker tour of less known hot spots with fran-tastic views. They have been to NYC many times but I'm going to surprise them with a few spots.

I can do my Manhattan tours in a flash. I've also hit the five boroughs in one day. It's not for the faint at heart or slow paced. Where I walk no grass grows. I kind of walk and talk fast. When taking family and friends around NYC I usually offer them a side trip walks around West Harlem, South Bronx and other assorted rough around the edges hide-a-ways of Brooklyn and Queens. Until this day the only people in past 39 years to take me up on the offer were my cousins from Palermo, Sicily. They did though not want me to walk them around. They said seeing from taste of subway rides and platforms was enough! :-P

I always get asked about Ground Zero. I take people there even though it makes me sad and do so with a heavy heart. Since Wall Street is usually on my tour I give them option to visit Ground Zero.

Art & Culture highlights:

New York University - Grey Art Gallery
icons of the desert: http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Watteau, Music, and Theater
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={BCE73368-B734-45EC-8263-6BD867EB4D4F}

MoMA
Freedom of the Press: Artist Publish on the American Presidency

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1005

40th Birthday happens to be around this time. I never have too many set plans in NYC. It's not that kind of city ;-)

My hometown New York City, there is no other place like it. You must see and experience it, if only once in your lifetime.

I have another Posterous www.posterous.com/newyorkology Will start posting all things New York when remember. Until then please feel free to enjoy In Vino Veritas...

Filed under // 40th Birthday :o Art Best Forever Friend - BFF Culture Museums New York New York City Shuffle New York Minute NY NYC The Big Apple The city that never sleeps

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August 27, 2009

Indigenous Australian Philatelic and New York University Grey Art Gallery "Icons in the Desert" Exhibit.

Here are a few pictures of Indigenous Australian Philatelic Art I brought back to US to add to my small stamp collection.

Unfortunately moment I decide to visit Alice Springs post office there were too many tourists on queue trying to mail out from didgeridoos, stubbies and kangaroo testicle talismans.

In attempt to keep my Philatelic quest short and sweet I took whatever clerk messed up. Apparently at this central post office they do not get many passer-bys asking for latest stamps. I asked for all of inter-Australia postage series in half sheet but she messed it up. I didn't say a word because I saw the woman was clueless and line was obnoxious. Clerk was quite nice and wanted to take her time taking out folders but I didn't feel comfortable holding up a very busy line. The envelopes given for stamp collecting and buying stamps specifies not to leave in envelope for long time. When I asked for stamp collector envelope I got a blank stare. After having been in Australia long enough I figured this meant, no. The only stamp collector sheet availabe was being sold for more than the total stamp collection. This sheet will cost you a few pennies here.

There are two more sets from Indigenous series for Airmail to Asia-Pacific which they did not have in stock at that time. I would have loved to have them but nothing I can do about it since they were out of stock. The only person I knew from Australia who knew about these stamps abruptly cut me off. Strangely enough I had sent an expensive load of art supplies parcel to for aboriginal children a month prior. When post office notification was sent this person immediately added me to spam list. Safe to say I won't be getting any polite consideration from that person.

Is it Australian culture not to say thank you by a phone call or sending a personalised note even via email? Three Australians have done this. Maybe it's just the coincidence of these three people? The English person whose loyalty is to those Australians, slipped a while back and said "very typical Australian to say thank you briefly via Twitter". She on other had did send a lovely note when I sent a first package. She's since cut me off because is friends with the other Australian. The problems started way before out of another situation. It was personal correspondence that I ended up getting ping ponged in the middle of. Figures out of the few contacts, I did have, I'd get grand Daddy of these two playing leading roles in social media soap opera. They would then turn on me when I discovered their double lives internet facilitated lives.

Even if you don't like someone at least you can say thank you and acknowledge a parcel or send it back. Much cheaper to keep it and say thank you and then add me to spam. Oh well, l what can I do?Not everyone is going to reply as I would or would appreciate.

MOVING ON....... here is a lovely Indigenous Australian art exhibit spending three months in my hometown of New York City.

"Icons in the Desert" exhibit featuring Early Aboriginal paintings from Papunya:

Grey Art Gallery
New York University
New York, N.Y.
September 1
December 5, 2009

Next time I'm in Manhattan I'll enjoy going to see this art exhibit. New York City has so many wonderful exhibits to view simultaneously. If you are ever in the Big Apple make sure to stumble in all over the five boroughs and visit super exhibits of all types and kinds.

I'll get to this exhibit soon enough. Will be a treat to see Australian Indigenous Art reach over to my hometown.